In December of 1531, on the Hill of Tepeyac, outside of what is today Mexico City, Juan Diego saw a vision of a woman who spoke to him in his native Nahuatl language. She healed Juan’s uncle. She also told Juan to gather flowers from an area which was barren. There he found Castillian roses, not native to Mexico. Juan gathered the flowers in his tilma (cloak), and when he presented the flowers to the Archbishop on December 12th, the flowers dropped from his tilma and on the fabric was the image known as that of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The image is housed in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. December 12th is the feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe